Kim Gilbreth & Booby Huffaker Funeral

Obituary

Robert Joseph Huffaker was born in Harbor City, California on November 25, 1964 to Robert and Caroline Huffaker. Robert passed away on March 3, 2020 at the age of 55.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Caroline Huffaker.

Bobby is survived by sister, Julie and husband Johnnie Dunn of Oologah, OK; sister, Cindy and husband Doyle Higgins of Collinsville, OK; brother, Daniel Huffaker and wife Jeanie of Collinsville, OK; eight nieces and five nephews. Bobby was an outside person and loved horses and fishing. He was talented and had many different skills. He was a strong, hard working man who loved his family. He loved riding horses, telling jokes and helping others when his health would allow. He also liked taking his dog Bogie on long walks.

Kimberly Dawn Gilbreth was born in Bellflower, California on August 14, 1966 to Robert and Caroline Huffaker. Kimberly passed away on March 8, 2020 at the age of 53.

Kimberly passed away on March 8, 2020 at the age of 53. She is preceded in death by her husband, Jimmy Gilbreth; parents, Robert and Caroline Huffaker and brother, Robert Joseph Huffaker. Kimberly is survived by her daughter, Melissa Huffaker of Ramona OK; sister, Julie and husband Johnnie Dunn of Oologah, OK; sister, Cindy and husband Doyle Higgins of Collinsville, OK; brother, Daniel Huffaker and wife Jeanie of Collinsville, OK; eight nieces and five nephews. Kim was one of Gods Angels. She touched everyone she came to know. Kim was a sunny day kind of girl; she loved her cats and dogs on the front porch and was always ready for visitor’s. She enjoyed family gatherings and big dinners. When she was by herself at home, you just might get a couple of phone calls to remind you she loved you and to see what you were having for dinner. She liked her trips to the mall to pick up a new outfit to wear to your house. Kim’s gift was showing her love to you every day.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Jimmy Gilbreth; parents, Robert and Caroline Huffaker and brother, Robert Joseph Huffaker.

Kimberly is survived by her daughter, Melissa Huffaker of Ramona OK; sister, Julie and husband Johnnie Dunn of Oologah, OK; sister, Cindy and husband Doyle Higgins of Collinsville, OK; brother, Daniel Huffaker and wife Jeanie of Collinsville, OK; eight nieces and five nephews.

Kim was one of Gods Angels. She touched everyone she came to know. Kim was a sunny day kind of girl; she loved her cats and dogs on the front porch and was always ready for visitor’s. She enjoyed family gatherings and big dinners. When she was by herself at home, you just might get a couple of phone calls to remind you she loved you and to see what you were having for dinner. She liked her trips to the mall to pick up a new outfit to wear to your house. Kim’s gift was showing her love to you every day.

Song

Paul Moses Leading:

Lesson

The Heart Ache Of Death

The Heart Ache Of Death

The death of a dear friend and/or a loved one will always bring great pain to our heart.

Knowing we will not be able to pickup the phone or stop by and hear their voice anymore can feel unbearable to think about or contemplate.

This isn’t without design or purpose. Everything God created, including us, is with design and purpose. Why, would God create us with this built in pain, guaranteed heart ache?

Everything God created, including us, is with design and purpose. Why, would God create us with this built in pain, guaranteed heart ache?

There are three reasons why God did this.

Why, would God create us with this built in pain, guaranteed heart ache?

First, this pain is a reminder of just how much we truly did love that person.

There is an older saying, “You don’t know how much you miss someone until they are gone.”

Second, this pain is a reminder of how every short life is.

God has consistently detailed the frailty and swiftness of this life.

James 4:14 ESV

14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

Psalm 39:5 ESV

5 Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah

When we loose a loved one we are struck with the sheer limitations of length we have in our life.

Third, this pain is meant to remind us to look to our Creator.

Though we may stray from our God, our God never strays from His creation and He desires during this times that, if He has been forgotten or limited on ones life they will turn back to Him that He may comfort them at this time.

1 Peter 5:6–7 ESV

6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, 7 casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

No death cannot be beat or overcome and no we cannot stop the the great heart ache when we loose a loved one, but we don’t have to let that pain overwhelm us and over take us but rather can and should allow it to accomplish it’s purpose, it’s design.

To let God, who created us and knows us best, to comfort us and lift us up during these powerfully painful times.

Conclusion

Abraham Lincoln once stated, “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”

Kim & Bobby didn’t get as many years in this life as we would have liked but to those that know them and those of us here that were impacted by their years, there was certainly “life in those years.”

Song

Paul Moses

Closing Remarks & Prayer

The Families Wishes

The family would like me to thank each of you for the love you have shown them during this time and to let everyone know that after this memorial service all are welcome to go over to the American Legion building were we will celebrate Kim & Bobby’s life with memories told for those that are able to come.

Prayer

Father we bow our heads this day looking to you as the source of eternal comfort and our guide to peace in this life. I thank you for the life of Kim and Bobby and the good memories we have of them and pray that you would comfort us with those in these early days of such great sorrow. Father I also pray that you will be with those of us that know the family that we are able to encourage them and comfort them and show our love for them as well. Thank you most importantly, Father, for your love for each of us in sending your Son and the hope His life here now allows us to have in eternity and it’s through your Son’s name we pray…Amen.